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C. J. Box Below Zero
PENGUIN/PUTNAM (PENGUIN ACCT) 0399155759 / 9780399155758 Hardcover BOOK
It starts with an unassuming phone message: ?Tell Sherry April called.? But Sherry?Joe Pickett?s oldest daughter, Sheridan?& the Pickett family are shaken to the core. April, Pickett?s foster daughter, was killed in a horrific murder & arson spree six years prior. To Joe, it doesn?t seem even remotely possible that April could have survived the massacre described in Winterkill. He was there. 6x9 inches; 368 pgs.
'Below Zero begins with an unassuming phone message: 'Tell Sherry April called.' But Sherry'Joe Pickett's oldest daughter, Sheridan'& the Pickett family are shaken to the core. April, Pickett's foster daughter, was killed in a horrific murder & arson spree six years prior. To Joe, it doesn't seem even remotely possible that April could have survived the massacre described in Winterkill. He was there. But Sherry starts to believe there's a chance that April is still alive; the girl on the other end of the phone is able to recall family incidents that only April could know.
Joe, however, remains suspicious, especially when he discovers that the calls have been placed from locations where serious crimes have occurred.
At the same time, an older man & a much younger girl cross the country. The man is on a mission to repent for the crimes he's committed against the environment during his lifetime. He ultimately wants to offset each incident until he not only becomes carbon neutral, but actually drops below zero' as if he's never existed. As the path of these travelers starts to intersect with the Pickett family's, the question is raised: Is this young girl April'or are Joe & his family the victims of the cruelest of hoaxes'
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C.J. Box Open Season
PENGUIN/PUTNAM (PENGUIN ACCT) 042518546X / 9780425185469 Paperback BOOK
Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts & the game warden--especially on like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way--is far from popular. 4x8 inches, 304 pgs.
'Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden--especially on like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way--is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter, with whom he's had run-ins before, chose his backyard, his woodpile to die in. Even after the "outfitter murders, " as they have been dubbed by the local press after the discovery of the two more bodies, are solved, Joe continues to investigate, uneasy with the easy explanation offered by the local police.
As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of the existence of this endangered species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest, a multi-national natural gas company, building an oil pipeline that would bring the company billions of dollars across Wyoming, through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING!
'C.J. BOX is a great storyteller' 'Tony Hillerman
'Open Season is a great crime novel.' 'Lee Child
'Meet Joe Pickett: He's going to be a mystery star.'
'Publishers Weekly
'Intriguing, with a forest setting so treacherous it makes Nevada Barr's locales look positively comfy, with a motive for murder that is as unique as any in modern fiction. Pickett is a refreshingly human and befuddled hero'But it's Box's offbeat way of telling the story that puts it on the best of the year track.'
'Los Angeles Times
'Every few years a first novel appears that immediately sets itself apart from the crowd. As readers, we feel that special shock of recognition that announces, 'Here is something special.' Taking dead aim with his first sentence'Box remains square on target throughout this nearly word-perfect debut'Best of all, the soft-spoken Joe Pickett is a Gary Cooper for our time.'
'Booklist (starred review)
'C.J. Box might represent an endangered species himself: a first novelist who is getting his due'Box's book has it all'suspenseful plot, magnificent scenery and a flawed male hero who is tough but truly connected to his family'profoundly memorable.'
'Boston Herald
'A muscular first novel'Box writes as straight as his characters shoot, and he has a stand-up hero to shoulder his passionate concerns about endangered lives and liberties.'
'New York Times Book Review
'A high-country Presumed Innocent that moves like greased lightning.'
'Kirkus Reviews (starred)
'A fascinating, well-scripted debut novel'In Gary Cooper style, Pickett is transformed into a man with a mission to save his family, then exact his vengeance. It's a classic tale of Wild West justice.'
'USA Today
'Pickett [is] an engaging change from the fast-driving, trigger-happy male heroes of so many contemporary crime novels'Open Season offers several unexpected twists and is greatly enlivened by concise but heartfelt descriptions of the Wyoming landscape'a very promising debut.'
--Washington Post Book World
C.J. BOX: AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, ETC. FOR OPEN SEASON:
Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
Nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller
Winner of the Gumshoe Award for Best First Novel (awarded by Mystery Ink)
A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Chicago Tribune's Ten Best Mysteries of 2001
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller for 6 weeks
A BookSense 76 selection
Finalist for the Western Writers Association's Medicine Pipe Bearer Award (award for best first novel)
Warner Bros. Pictures has optioned Open Season with Bruce Willis and Arnold Rifkin's Cheyenne Entertainment attached to produce
Publishers Weekly named Box one of the rising stars of crime fiction
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C.J. Box Savage Run
PENGUIN/PUTNAM (PENGUIN ACCT) 0425189244 / 9780425189245 Paperback BOOK
C.J. Box's acclaimed follow-up to his career-making debut "Open Season"?game warden Joe Pickett looks into the bizarre death of an environmental activist...& what he finds is bigger and far more sinister than anything he imagined. 4x7 inches, 304 pgs.
'C. J. Box's debut novel, Open Season, with its memorable new hero, thrilling plot, and vivid settings, hit the mystery-book world with the force of a speeding rifle bullet'and put it "on the Best of the Year track" (Los Angeles Times). Now C. J. Box returns with a gripping and suspenseful new novel, as dramatic and brutal as its Wyoming wilderness setting.
When a massive explosion occurs deep within the forests of Twelve Sleep County and a colorful environmental activist appears to have perished in the blast, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is called to the scene to help investigate. Pickett soon discovers clues that lead to a deadly conspiracy'one that will test his courage, his survival skills, and his determination to "do the right thing" despite all costs.
A richly textured novel, Savage Run is an exciting confirmation of the talents of a writer hailed by Tony Hillerman as "a great storyteller."
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
"Bears comparison to the best Work of mystery giants such as Tony Hillerman and James Lee Burke."
'Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"No sophomore slump from the remarkable talented Mr. Box.... His plots, centering on issues of land management but filled with Old West-style action, are rich in both complexity and narrative drive.... The "outdoor mystery" was a thriving sub-genre before Box arrived on the scene, but he has taken it to new levels of substance and style."
'Booklist
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